Lee Ann Meriwether (born May 27, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is Miss America 1955, and an American actress, appearing primarily in movies, soap operas and television. The brunette Meriwether is known as Buddy Ebsen's daughter-in-law and for her role as his crime-solving partner, Betty Jones, in the long-running 1970s crime drama, Barnaby Jones, and as John Schuck's long-haired wife, Lily Munster, in the popular 1990s sitcom, The Munsters Today. Meriwether currently has a recurring role as Ruth Martin on the daytime soap opera, All My Children.

Lee Meriwether was born to Claudius Gregg Meriwether (October 13, 1904, Oregon – July 15, 1954, San Francisco, California) and Ethel Eve Mulligan (March 25, 1903, Oregon – May 21, 1996, Los Angeles, California). She has one brother, Don Brett Meriwether, born May 14, 1938, in Los Angeles. She grew up in San Francisco after the family moved there from Phoenix, Arizona. She attended George Washington High School, where one of her classmates was Johnny Mathis. She later attended San Francisco City College, where one of her classmates was fellow actor Bill Bixby.

After winning Miss San Francisco, Meriwether won Miss California, then Miss America with her recital of a John Millington Synge monologue. After her reign, she joined The Today Show. An August 1, 1956 International News wire photo of Meriwether and Joe DiMaggio announced their engagement. According to DiMaggio biographer Richard Ben Cramer, it was a rumor started by Walter Winchell.